As demand tends to fluctuate, you need to define a takt time to keep up with the flow of orders and avoid overproduction. To help you stick with it, Lean has a method called Heijunka that allows you to optimize your capacity in the most appropriate way to meet demand. What Is Heijunka...
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OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) is the gold standard for measuring manufacturing productivity. Simply put – it identifies the percentage of manufacturing time that is truly productive. An OEE score of 100% means you are manufacturing only Good Parts, as fast as possible, with no Stop Time...
What is Lean? Lean was developed in Toyota as part of the Toyota Production System, which was built around the work of Shewhart and Deming. Toyota had been a client of Deming and established its operational management practices on the principles he taught. The fundamental driver of Lean is th...
Completely Taktless! What Is Pull in the Context of the Process Industries?LeanPullProcess industriesProduction planningThe widespread implementation of lean in discrete manufacturing has changed the face of those businesses with mechanisms such as setup reduction, bounded WIP, takt time, level ...
Takt Time ensures the rate of manufacturing between stations is even Reduced setup times allows for producing small batches Use a pull orKanban system to manage amount of WIP. Waiting Waiting is perhaps the easiest of manufacturing wastes to overlook. Essentially, this waste occurs when time is ...
Doing this with your workflow can reveal problems you didn’t notice before—that’s where value stream mapping comes in handy. What is value stream mapping? Value stream mapping is a flowchart method used to illustrate and analyze a production process. VSM is a key component in lean project...
Don't get confused with lead time and takt time!What’s the difference between Takt Time, Cycle Time, and Lead Time? Why is it Important to Measure Cycle Time? As a critical key performance indicator, cycle time is an “all-in” number. It measures a product from its beginnings as a...
Takt time: Takt time is a lean manufacturing concept. It is the time taken to produce a single unit of item. 3. Production planning pitfalls and avoiding them First, let us understand the pitfalls or things that could go wrong during production planning. These occur in areas from idle inven...
A line representing the target cycle time (e.g.,takt time) is often included to identify imbalances and areas for improvement Yamazumi Chart | SafetyCulture Yamazumi charts are color-coded to make it easier to interpret the graph and dissect the data. The chart allows you to view which areas...